HOUSTON | September 15, 2014 The Attachmate Group a privately-held software holding company owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, Elliott Management and Thoma Bravo, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Micro Focus. The transaction is expected to close on November 3, 2014. It is …

You are invited to attend this month’s Technical Solutions Training Webinar. In this webinar, learn about Bundle Commander, Filr and iPrint, and SkyCentral’s new user self-service portal. Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2014.

By way of introduction, I’m Rick Carlson, Senior Director of Product Management for Novell’s product offerings. I appreciate the opportunity to be a guest blogger and share some directional information on Novell’s collaboration solutions. I also know Nick will do a great job at keeping the communication level high and I look forward to seeing …

Here’s a chance to score a free t-shirt, and possibly even a free pass to BrainShare. All you have to do is tell us what you like the most about your favorite Novell products. The judges will choose the winning submission, and the lucky author will get a free pass to BrainShare 2014, coming to …

With the new Star Wars films on the way, many fans are trying to decide how to introduce the youngest generation to the films. Even the generation that grew up with the prequel films is old enough to have kids of its own. In what order should kids new to Star Wars watch the films? …

As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, Dean Lythgoe is leaving Novell. Dean has been an essential member of our team at Novell for 24 incredible years. I want to thank Dean for his contributions to GroupWise and our entire collaboration portfolio. Because of the work of team members such as Dean, …

With the release of GroupWise 2014, I am closing a chapter in my career that I can only look back on with amazement. I have worked for WordPerfect-Novell-Attachmate for 24 years. On June 2nd, a page will turn and a new chapter will begin. I have enjoyed so many things about the opportunities, experiences, assignments, …

Now that GroupWise 2014 is available, it is time for all of us to promote adoptions and deployments. Earlier this month, I spent two weeks meeting with approximately 200 individual customers, partners, and employees to explain all of the value in GroupWise 2014, and to also share in the tremendous enthusiasm and continued excitement about …

Recently, security researchers announced a flaw in the OpenSSL encryption software library used by many websites to protect customers’ data. The vulnerability, known as “Heartbleed,” could potentially allow a cyberattacker to access a website’s customer data along with traffic encryption keys. The flaw was discovered in a technology called “OpenSSL” — a set of encryption …